Nappie nominations are now open
Nominations are now being accepted by way of online votes for the next crop of Nappie finalists.

Voting for Lagniappe’s 2025 Nappie Awards nominations is now open. Participants can vote once per day in more than 300 categories. During the nomination period, any person, place, event, or company can receive votes in a respective category.
Voting for nominations will end April 6. Then, votes will be counted, and the finalists in each category will be announced in the 2025 Lagniappe readers’ choice competition.
Online voting in the finals begins May 1 and runs through May 26. Winners will be announced in the July 17 issue of Lagniappe, with an awards ceremony planned for Friday, July 19, at the Saenger Theatre in downtown Mobile.
In 2024, the University of South Alabama and USA Health landed 10 Nappie Awards. USA Health was named Best Local Company to Work for (Over 50 Employees); USA was named Best Local College; and USA President Jo Bonner was voted Best Local College President in the annual contest.
Other winners included:
- USA Health Mitchell Cancer Institute – Best Oncology Practice
- Missy Curtis, Radiologic Sciences – Best Local College Professor
- Pediatric Associates / USA Health – Best Pediatric Group
- Tristen Grantham – Best Cycling Instructor
- David Gremse, M.D. – Best Pediatric Specialist
- Lorie Fleck, M.D., FACS – Best Urologist
- Chris Newman, M.D. – Best ER Doc